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The great American road trip. Route 66. Ghost towns and big cities. A search for roadside diners that still serve fresh apple pie. Fascinating people. Inspirational people. Natural wonders and historic sites.
Jim Hinckley’s America is built on a sixty year association with Route 66, two lane highway adventures, and colorful characters.
That allows me to provide a unique perspective when sharing travel tips, historical insights, and inspiring stories. And it ensures that we will fuel your wanderlust and help you plan your next memory making great American adventure.
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Before Route 66: Fearless Women & Epic Road Trips
Before Route 66, before creation of the U.S. highway system, a road trip by automobile was an epic adventure. And yet in the first decades of the 20th century, Americans took to the road in ever increasing numbers. Surprisingly many of these fearless adventurers were women. In retrospect it is rather extraordinary how quickly people…
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Epic Road Trips and Harriet White Fisher’s Grand Adventure
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-kihz7-1b7e2e8 There are road trips, and then there are epic road trips. The later is exactly what Harriet White Fisher experienced when she became known as the first woman to drive around the world. Her remarkable journey began in the summer of 1909. She and her traveling companions, with a pet monkey and dog, drove…
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Beyond The Route 66 Centennial : A New era for Jim Hinckley’s America
Sharing The Adventure Beyond the Route 66 centennial a new era for this storied highway awaits. Iconic Route 66 is no mere highway. It is the quintessential American road trip, a living time capsule, and America’s longest small town. That won’t change just because the calendar page has 2027 at the top. Even though Route…
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The Woman Who drove Around the World – in 1909
There are road trips, and then there are epic road trips. The later is exactly what Harriet White Fisher experienced when she became known as the woman who drove around the world. In 1909 a bit of rain transformed what passed for roads into a sea of mud. Gasoline was a scarce commodity. Repairs, a…
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Coffee With Jim: Cheerful Idiots and Road Trips
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mnqk2-1b75266 Cheerful idiots and road trips seem to go together, that was the conclusion derived at by a writer for Outing magazine in March 1905. Today the accounts of early automobile owners, manufacturers and their road trip adventures are an endless source of fascination. Let me introduce you to Elmer Lovejoy. In 1892 he rode…
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Cheerful Idiots and road trips
Cheerful idiots and road trips seem to go together. That was the conclusion derived at by a writer for Outing magazine in March 1905. The book Motoring West: Volume 1 Automobile Pioneers 1900 to 1909 edited by Peter J. B;odgett is a treasure. It is also a time capsule filled with snapshots from the dawning…
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Coffee With Jim: Edsel’s Grand Adventure
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fsehs-1b6c6d2 Alexander Winton attempted a grand road trip in 1901. His epic cross country adventure came to an abrupt end in the desert sands of Nevada. A dozen years later thousands of adventuresome travelers were discovering America with road trips. By motorcycle and by automobile Edsel Ford, Emily Post, Bessie Stringfield, Effie Hotchkiss, A. L.…
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Coffee With Jim: Route 66 Memories and Milestones
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gghrs-1b617e2 The Miles of Possibility Route 66 Conference is rooted in Route 66 history. On April 27, 1931 the U.S. Highway 66 Association held a similar convention in Elk City, Oklahoma. As with the Miles of Possibility Route 66 Conference, attendees were not just focused on the business of Route 66. Fast forward to 2014.…
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THe Longest Main Street in America: Legendary Route 66 and S & H Green Stamps
The longest Main Street in America. Legendary Route 66. S & H Green Stamps. Two American classics. A guest post from Carl Norloff – CEO – S&H Green Stamps A short letter to the businesses of Route 66, in the road’s hundredth year The pie in Vinita You finish your pie in Vinita, and the…
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On authenticity and illusions in you post “The Route 66 Bicentennial: The past, present and future,” I think the Blue…
That is an excellent book! I am reading it now. Would like you to join me as a guest on…
Thank you for another interesting post with references to Jack Rittenhouse and his 1946 book, A Guide Book to Highway…
Route 66 is quite the adventure!
Sir, thank you. The Blue Whale was on my mind when this was written. I also gave thought to Uranus,…